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10 TV Characters Who Entered Their Redemption Era
The following article contains spoilers.There is a question that we have been pondering for months: What makes a great redemption story? It’s a question that has been particularly vexing since our research began many months ago, and the answer was clearly right in front of us. A great redemption arc on television sticks the landing, where that character is totally redeemed from their past, deeply flawed era.
So, using this as a metric, we set out to find TV characters who entered their redemption era and came out better on the other side. These are the characters who recognized that they had huge red flags attached to them, and they made the changes needed to become better. These are the ones that we root for, and once you reach the end, dear reader, you will root for these characters as well.
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Loki
‘Loki’ (2021–2023)
When we were first introduced to Loki (Tom Hiddleston), he was a powerful villain with a thirst for power, with a narcissistic sense of self to match. But when Loki made the transition to the small screen, he transformed from the villain that we originally saw him as, and into a character that showed a profound transformation that largely worked.
Loki was a character who was ripe for a redemption arc. He had all the qualities needed to make it happen in Loki. All that was needed was a writing staff who saw the potential in this transformation, and the end result was a character who went from being a narcissistic, unlikable villain to a powerful being that showed remorse and cared for others. When he destroyed the Temporal Loom, which he wanted to desperately control, he completed his arc from villain to hero, and we all stood and congratulated him for it.
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Petra Solano
‘Jane the Virgin’ (2014–2019)
In the early seasons of The CW’s criminally underrated comedy-drama Jane the Virgin, no one could reasonably believe that Petra Solano (Yael Grobglas) could have a redemption arc that people actually believed in. She was the scheming, cheating wife of Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni), and she was a character that audiences were meant to hate with a searing passion.
Then, something amazing happened. After the birth of her twin girls, Petra slowly shed her villainous persona and became a complex individual who was, dare we say it, more likable. This was thanks to her growth into motherhood, and Petra finding real love with JR (Rosario Dawson), which allowed Petra to finally open up and be more vulnerable, with her coming to the satisfying realization that, deep down, she actually is a good person.
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Nathan Scott
‘One Tree Hill’ (2003–2012)
There are traditional redemption arcs, and then there’s the redemption of One Tree Hill‘s Nathan Scott (James Lafferty). His transformation was so astounding that, toward the end of the series’ run, one could swear that they were watching an entirely different character. We were first introduced to Scott, who was the arrogant, cruel star of the Tree Hill Ravens’ basketball team.
There was really nothing to like about Scott early on, but in Season 1, he starts dating Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Lenz), which softens Scott’s aggressive and selfish demeanor and begins his remarkable transformation. Along the way, we find out that Scott desperately wanted to be a better man than his father, and in the latter seasons, he successfully achieved this. He was a better father, a better husband, and, above all, a more mature, responsible person who developed empathy toward others rather than let apathy run his life. Nathan Scott was a redemption story that should be admired.
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Theon Greyjoy
‘Game of Thrones’ (2011–2019)
You had to feel for Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), even though at the beginning of the acclaimed HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, it may have been hard to do so. Greyjoy’s early arc was full of arrogance, but when he was captured after the seizure of Winterfell and broken to become “Reek,” the seeds of a character-defining redemption were set into motion.
Greyjoy managed to break the submissive “Reek” persona, and he became a character who died in honorable sacrifice. So while he ultimately died, leaving the world behind, trying to protect someone you care about represented a complete 180-degree change from the unlikable persona he once embodied. Viewers were initially not supposed to like or root for Theon, but we felt bad for him when he was relentlessly tortured, and we were able to honor him when he died trying to protect Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright). That reader is a classic tale of redemption, and it made us see his character in a completely different light.
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Alexis and David Rose
‘Schitt’s Creek’ (2015–2020)
We will admit, it was really fun watching Schitt’s Creek‘s David (Daniel Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy) Rose in their shallow, entitled phase. After all, they grew up as socialites, unable to connect to the wider world that didn’t have nearly the same things nor were afforded the same lifestyle that they enjoyed. But it was also fun and quite rewarding to see David and Alexis grow out of that superficial persona and become more empathetic and independent of their parents.
For Alexis, this character-defining redemption arc meant overcoming toxic relationships and a lack of direction to find purpose and learn how to become her own person. For her brother, that meant getting past dramatic, guarded tendencies and embracing the fact that vulnerability can be a good thing. By embracing change, Alexis and David Rose became better people, completing a redemption arc that fans of Schitt’s Creek didn’t have much hope for in the beginning.
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Chuck Bass
‘Gossip Girl’ (2007–2012)
To this very day, fans of the iconic CW drama Gossip Girl debate the redemption arc of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). When we first met Chuck, he was a character that everyone despised. He displayed the persona that made everyone hate rich people. He was manipulative, arrogant, hedonistic, and there was no question once, ever, that Chuck was the main antagonist in Season 1.
But his love for Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), a character with her own set of flaws, became the driving force for Chuck to start evolving into a character that fans could actually feel empathy for instead of resentment. His relationship with Blair forced Chuck to look at himself in the mirror, confronting his toxic behavior and cold demeanor, and begin his maturation. Chuck’s redemption arc is unique in the fact that it isn’t a straight line from arrogant you-know-what to the picture of maturity. His redemption was indeed a “one step forward, three steps back” scenario (remember, this is the guy who traded his girlfriend for a hotel), and this is why his road to sensible character is still debated today. But, in the end, he did become a better person, and it was a process that, while slow, eventually redefined his character (and resulted in one of the best relationships in Gossip Girl).
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Jin-Soo Kwon
‘Lost’ (2004–2010)
One of ABC’s Lost’s best aspects was its “flashback” moments within its episodes. It was during these flashbacks (and flashforwards) that we were able to get a deeper glimpse into the characters who were marooned on a tropical island inhabited by polar bears (yes, we’re still not getting over this). One of those flashbacks centered on Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim), who was abusive and controlling to his wife, Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim).
But, being stuck on a remote island with no help coming soon has a way of changing people, and we got to see Jin-Soo Kwon develop from that insecure, possessive husband who isolated his wife from the other survivors, and into a loving, selfless person who tried hard to communicate, helped the other survivors on the island, and, most importantly, worked to change his relationship with his wife, which was showcased in a tragically beautiful moment when he chose to die alongside her in a sunken submarine instead of leave her.
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April Ludgate
‘Parks and Recreation’ (2009–2015)
Not all character-defining redemption arcs follow the traditional path of a terrible personality who matures into a respectable and well-liked person. Sometimes that redemption can result in the character becoming a “softer” version of themselves. Enter Parks and Recreation’s April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza), who we first met as an intern at the Pawnee Parks and Recreation department.
Ludgate was often described as “aggressively apathetic,” a person who didn’t have a care in the world for anyone, speaking in a deadpan manner, and was proud of the fact that she was difficult to have a relationship with. But that began to change thanks to Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), whose mentorship helped April channel her intensity into meaningful work. And, later, April’s relationship with Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) allowed her to finally drop some of the walls she put up emotionally. While April still retained her edge, she became a character who realized that she can be a caring and responsible person without losing her sense of self.
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Michael
‘The Good Place’ (2016–2020)
At the beginning of the NBC fantasy comedy The Good Place, Michael (Ted Danson) was not the person viewers initially thought he was. Michael was introduced as an angel and “architect” of the “Good Place.” However, toward the end of Season 1, we saw Michael’s true colors; he was a demon that tortured the show’s protagonist in a Bad Place that masqueraded as a Good Place.
Make no mistake, Michael was quite sadistic, a demon who relished torturing the show’s protagonists. We learn that this came about because Michael had a lack of understanding of human empathy, but as he teams up with the humans to protect himself from his boss, he begins to feel empathy and form a friendship with the human protagonists. In the end, Michael learns a lot about human experience, leading him to finally be able to be at peace.
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Schmidt
‘New Girl’ (2011–2018)
Shallow, selfish, and a perceived “ladies’ man,” there wasn’t a lot to like about New Girl‘s Schmidt (Max Greenfield). He was very obsessed with himself, and was a person who always cared about his status and how he looked. It was toxic, no doubt about it, but over the seasons, we began to see why Schmidt was the way he was, as it was born out of insecurity, and he began to further change when he began a romantic relationship with Cece Parekh (Hannah Simone).
Although fans debated his behavior during Season 3, where he was in a relationship with both Cece and Elizabeth (Merritt Wever), this moment allowed Schmidt to finally confront his toxic personality, and from there, he grew a genuine love for Cece and became a more caring and vulnerable person, one that fans grew to love by the time the show came to a close.
New Girl
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2011 – 2018
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FOX
- Showrunner
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Elizabeth Meriwether
- Directors
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Trent O’Donnell, Jay Chandrasekhar, Max Winkler, Fred Goss, Jesse Peretz, Steve Welch, Lynn Shelton, Josh Greenbaum, Russ T. Alsobrook, Bill Purple, Christine Gernon, Lorene Scafaria, Michael Schultz, Peyton Reed, Tristram Shapeero, Eric Appel, Alec Berg, Jason Winer, Michael Spiller, Steve Pink, Alex Hardcastle, Andrew Fleming, Craig Zisk, Daniel Attias
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Isn’t it so annoying when crime thrillers promise everything and end up delivering nothing? High stakes and shocking twists sound great until one realizes that the actual story starts collapsing under all that. A good crime thriller, that’s why, has to strike a very delicate balance. Twists and turns can only take things so far if the characters feel one-dimensional or if the beats of the story don’t add up.
That’s because shock value might grab attention, but it can never sustain it, and the sooner showrunners understand that, the better. For every half-baked story, though, plenty of others get things exactly right. This is a list of such crime thriller shows that come dangerously close to perfection.
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‘Banshee’ (2013–2016)
Banshee is a crime thriller that embraces chaos like no other. The series takes place in the fictional town of Banshee in Pennsylvania, where a recently released master thief (Antony Starr) assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff named Lucas Hood. The story revolves around Hood trying to keep up the charade while secretly continuing his criminal life. Most people would assume that these stakes are high enough for the show to create a sense of tension. However, Banshee keeps expanding its central conflict by introducing new characters, including the ex-Amish crime lord Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen), along with Hood’s partners Job (Hoon Lee) and Sugar Bates (Frankie Faison).
Every season features new threats, while the town serves as a pressure cooker of violence that can explode at any moment. Banshee fully commits to its over-the-top premise and is packed with brutal hand-to-hand fight sequences, intense shootouts, and pulpy storytelling. The show can feel ridiculous at times, but it never stops being entertaining thanks to the depth it gives to its characters and their relationships. The series is one of TV’s most underrated crime thrillers and remains a true hidden gem.
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‘Top of the Lake’ (2013–2017)
Top of the Lake is the definition of quality TV. The story begins with the disturbing disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who is revealed to be pregnant in the opening moments of the show. Elisabeth Moss stars as Detective Robin Griffin, who becomes entangled in the investigation while she is in town to visit her dying mother. She believes that this will be yet another missing-person case, but little does she know that it will quickly unravel into something much darker. Top of the Lake is a slow-burning psychological drama that constantly plays with the audience’s expectations.
The investigation takes its sweet time to unfold and exposes complex systems of power and misogyny that exist within this community. The deeper Robin digs, the more the case becomes intertwined with her own unresolved trauma. Top of the Lake strikes the perfect balance between layered character work and a mystery that keeps getting increasingly addictive. In Season 2, the story moves to Sydney and continues Robin’s journey several years later. However, the show never lets go of its willingness to explore difficult themes. This isn’t a conventional thriller series by any means, but one that forces the audience to question their own role in systemic injustice.
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‘Rubicon’ (2010)
Rubicon deserves way more appreciation than it gets. The political thriller follows intelligence analyst Will Travers (James Badge Dale), who works at the shadowy New York-based organization called the American Policy Institute (API). The story picks up when Will’s mentor and father-in-law dies in what appears to be a staged accident, and Will knows he needs to get to the bottom of what really happened. However, what pulls him deeper is a pattern hidden across crossword puzzles in multiple newspapers. At first, Will thinks it’s a coincidence, but when he begins to connect the dots, he realizes that the mystery is far more complex than he initially thought. All of a sudden, he suspects he is being watched and notices small inconsistencies in his everyday interactions.
Rubicon breaks away from the typical thriller beats by slowing the narrative down. Most of the action in the story happens in offices through conversations, data, and Will’s personal analysis of the situation. However, that pace only adds to the show’s constant sense of uncertainty. Rubicon thrives on this ambiguity, where the audience and Will don’t know who to fully trust. The show taps into the very specific fear of being exploited by those in power, and that’s exactly what makes its central conspiracy feel so plausible. Unfortunately, Rubicon was canceled after Season 1 before it could give its characters the long-term arcs they deserved. Even then, though, the show is a must-watch for anyone looking for sharp writing and a compelling mystery.
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‘Mare of Easttown’ (2021)
Mare of Easttown might be a miniseries, but it feels more complete than several long-running shows that lose the plot after the first few seasons. The crime thriller follows Detective Marianne “Mare” Sheehan (Kate Winslet), a local hero whose life is falling apart right when a teenage mother is found murdered, while another young girl remains missing. Mare is then forced to confront a complicated case as the town both relies on her and constantly questions her competence. What makes Mare of Easttown so special is how it connects the detective’s personal and professional lives. As her investigation deepens, she is forced to confront her friends, family, and neighbors to find answers.
All of this unfolds as Marianne copes with the suicide of her son, deals with an increasingly strained relationship with her daughter, and is involved in a custody battle over her grandson. The case is yet another factor that contributes to her downward spiral and makes the story feel emotionally heavy. The fact that nearly everyone is connected to the murder in one way or another makes the whole thing all the more unsettling. Mare of Easttown is a masterclass in building suspense and delivering payoffs that are actually worth the patience. By the end, the show is no longer a whodunit. Instead, it tells a much more complex story about loss and community.
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‘Dexter’ (2006–2013)
Dexter flips the crime thriller formula on its head by making the audience root for the bad guy. The series is set in Miami and follows Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic analyst by day and vigilante serial killer by night. The show revolves around this constant balancing act as Decter juggles his jobs and relationships while also targeting murderers who have escaped justice with chilling precision. The show could have easily leaned into the shock value of it all. However, it chooses to focus on Dexter’s psyche and how his life begins to unravel over time. Each season introduces a new adversary for the protagonist, but what’s interesting is how these killers mirror him in different ways.
The show moves smoothly between Dexter’s complicated personal relationships, especially his sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), who unknowingly gets close to the truth. Dexter is especially compelling in how it forces the audience into an uncomfortable position. Dexter’s internal monologue pulls viewers deeper into his mind, and that moral conflict becomes the driving force of the story. There’s no denying that the show really shines in its first few seasons compared to its later installments. Despite that, though, it still remains one of the most iconic crime thrillers of its time.
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‘The Killing’ (2011–2014)
The Killing is the kind of crime drama that creates tension through its setting. The show takes place in a constantly rainy Seattle and follows homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) as they investigate the murder of a teenager. The case seems pretty straightforward initially, before it slowly expands into a complicated web of political conspiracies, dark secrets, and a never-ending list of suspects. However, the story isn’t a standard procedural. It focuses just as much on the victim’s family as they deal with grief, along with the detectives and the cost of their jobs.
The show doesn’t want to give the audience quick answers because the entire point is to sit with that unsettling feeling of not knowing what comes next. The Killing is committed to realism and explores the far-reaching consequences of crime. Not to mention that it doesn’t present Linden and Holder as typical heroes who swoop in to save the day. The fact that they are flawed and often make questionable decisions out of desperation only adds to the believability of it all. The Killing isn’t always comforting or even satisfying in its resolutions, but that’s exactly why it stays with the audience long after the credits roll.
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‘Ozark’ (2017–2022)
Ozark is essentially a show about how one bad decision can spiral into a lifetime of consequences. The series follows financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman), who is forced to relocate his family from Chicago to the Lake of the Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme for a Mexican drug cartel goes horribly wrong. However, this survival attempt quickly takes a dangerous turn as Marty and his wife Wendy (Laura Linney) find themselves involved with local crime families while also staying under constant pressure from cartel leaders and the FBI.
The narrative puts the characters and the audience in a world where the threats and betrayals just keep getting worse. Marty and Wendy are forced to adapt almost constantly, and that drives the plot forward. Wendy’s journey, in particular, is one of the highlights of the show because she starts operating out of fear that slowly turns into ambition and a ruthless power for hunger. Ozark is a complex show with no easy heroes or villains. It’s rooted in relatable family dynamics but takes those emotions a step further by exploring the psychological toll of crime.
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‘Quarry’ (2016)
Quarry is a crime thriller that does everything right, so it’s unfortunate that it slipped under the radar. The series is set in 1972 and follows Mac Conway (Logan Marshall-Green), a Marine returning home to Memphis after serving in Vietnam. However, instead of being welcomed back, Mac finds himself ostracized due to his rumored involvement in a wartime massacre. As he struggles to reintegrate into civilian life, Mac is approached by a mysterious figure known as The Broker, who recruits him into a network of contract killers operating along the Mississippi River.
Each job drags Mac into a world where morality is blurred, and soon enough, he is trapped in a web of violence, corruption, and manipulation with no way out. The show isn’t driven by constant action because it focuses more on the slow yet inevitable unraveling of the protagonist. The show was canceled after just one season, but despite its short run, it feels complete in its vision and execution. Quarry’s strong writing and immersive period detail are a masterclass in storytelling and deserve a lot more applause than they get.
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‘Gomorrah’ (2014–2021)
Gomorrah is a story about pure evil. The crime thriller is set in Naples and follows Ciro Di Marzio (Marco D’Amore), a loyal member of the powerful Savastano clan, led by ruthless boss Pietro Savastano (Fortunato Cerlino). However, when Pietro is arrested, the entire power structure begins to collapse and triggers a brutal internal conflict between the old guard and the next generation led by his son, Gennaro “Genny” Savastano (Salvatore Esposito). Ciro finds himself constantly choosing between loyalty and power as alliances shift and members of the clan start betraying each other. However, it’s interesting that the show manages to portray all this chaos without ever romanticizing crime.
Gomorrah makes it a point to convey that it’s a show about flawed people operating in a system that is practically built on violence. The writing constantly subverts expectations, and none of the characters are given any plot armor. This constant sense of unpredictability drives the story forward and keeps the viewers hooked till the very end. The best part about Gomorrah is how lived-in and authentic the show feels. The narrative builds tension organically instead of relying on spectacle, and that elevates Gomorrah from another typical crime story to an unsettling exploration of power.
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‘Mindhunter’ (2017–2019)
Mindhunter is a crime thriller that traded action for psychology, a gamble that definitely paid off. The show is set in the late 1970s and follows FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), along with psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), who interview imprisoned serial killers in an attempt to understand their behavior and use those findings to solve active cases. The exercise soon takes a dark turn as the detectives become increasingly immersed in these conversations and start to mirror the same manipulative tendencies that they are studying in all these killers. Their personal lives begin to intersect with the emotional toll of their work, and that’s where the emotional weight of the show comes from.
The interviews, of course, are the highlight of the show. They feel less like conversations and more like psychological chess matches where both parties are constantly sizing each other up. The show portrays real-life serial killers, including Edmund Kemper (Cameron Britton) and Jerry Brudos (Happy Anderson), with chilling precision, which adds a layer of authenticity to the story. Mindhunter is the perfect example of a show that is meticulous in its storytelling. Its slow-burn approach might feel a little too restrained at first, but it’s exactly what pulls the audience into this unsettling world.
Mindhunter
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2017 – 2019
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Netflix
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Joe Penhall
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David Fincher, Carl Franklin, Andrew Dominik, Andrew Douglas, Asif Kapadia, Tobias Lindholm
Katherine Schwarzenegger is facing pushback over her latest comments about her husband, Chris Pratt.
Schwarzenegger, 36, sparked an unexpected social media debate on Tuesday, March 31, while thanking her “golden retriever husband” Pratt, 46, for building a dollhouse by hand for their children. (The couple share daughters Lyla Maria, 5 and Eloise Christina, 3, and son Ford Fitzgerald, 16 months. Katherine is also a stepmom to Pratt and ex-wife Anna Faris’ son, Jack.)
“I’ll never understand when women say, ‘I don’t need my husband,’ when I very much in fact do need my husband because who else would build our daughters a doll house,” she wrote via Instagram.
Fans debated her post in the comment section, with numerous people insisting that there was underlying — and likely inadvertent — sexism in her suggestion that a man was needed to build a child’s dollhouse. One Instagram user went so far as to call out the post’s “Handmaid’s Tale vibes.”
“Wives and women can build doll houses, too,” one person pointed out, with another adding, “My 70 year old mother builds things for grandkids. This is not specific to men.”
Yet another user argued, “Unfortunately, we [women] say that [we don’t need husbands] because we get tired of waiting for them to do the project. Which then forces us to just do it.”
Others defended Schwarzenegger’s intentions with the post, with a user insisting, “Omg these comments are ridiculous. 🙄 What a sweet thing he is doing that his daughters will remember forever.”
“Let’s be honest, he could easily afford someone to do it for him. Kudos @prattprattpratt there’s a lot of love your daughter will feel when you do it yourself,” a commenter pointed out.
Us Weekly has reached out to Schwarzenegger’s spokesperson for comment.
Schwarzenegger has frequently discussed her and Pratt’s parenting style since they tied the knot in 2019. Speaking exclusively to Us Weekly in September 2025, she revealed that the couple try to get “back to the roots” of their ‘90s childhoods by limiting the use of electronics in their house.
“I would say storytime is a really great part of our parenting journey,” she told Us. “We don’t really do a lot of electronic stuff in our house. So, we try to have our kids be outdoors and be creative and really kind of go back to the roots of how we all grew up.”
The author added, “Storytime and book reading is such a big part of our daily routine every single day. Our kids want to read books morning, noon and night. And I feel really like this is such a sweet time that you know your kid comes up to you and says, ‘Can you read me a story? Can you read me a story?’ So, I’m really excited just being in that space now as a mom.”
Katherine was born and raised in Los Angeles by her parents, action movie icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver. However, Katherine has refused to rule out moving her family out of Hollywood someday.
“I can see myself moving anywhere that my mother, father and my siblings would also move with my husband and I and my children,” she told Fox News Digital in November 2025. “So wherever that is, we can have a team huddle and all decide collectively where we’d like to go.”
She continued, “I’d like to go anywhere where we can just be around a lot of animals, me personally. But I feel like I can get that fix sprinkled in with having my home base be around my family.”
“Because there’s nothing that is more important to me than being able to be in close proximity to my parents and to my siblings,” she concluded. “And to be able to have that for our children is such a huge blessing and a gift. A gift that I can’t get anywhere else.”
Katherine is one of the former California governor’s five children. Arnold shares four — Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher — with ex-wife Shriver and son Joseph Baena with Mildred Baena.
2026 has been a big year already for Cillian Murphy, who made his long-awaited Peaky Blinders return in the Netflix sequel film, The Immortal Man. Murphy has officially been playing Tommy Shelby for over 10 years now, and while the ending of The Immortal Man seems as if he’s ready to leave the role behind, it’s impossible to rule out a return further down the line. Murphy is still one of the hottest names in Hollywood right now, thanks to his first Oscar win for his performance in Oppenheimer. This Christopher Nolan-directed WWII epic collected some serious hardware at the 2024 Academy Awards. Murphy has starred in numerous big projects over the years, but one of his most underrated films came out in 2019, when he featured in the underseen action movie Anna.
Written and directed by Luc Besson, Anna co-stars Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, and Sasha Luss. The film tells the story of Anna Poliatova, a woman with striking beauty who becomes one of the most deadly assassins in the world. Anna has understandably been compared to John Wick, and while the stellar action makes this an apt comparison, its plot is much more similar to Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde. Anna has a few streaming homes in America, but it’s primarily available to watch on Prime Video. It’s also streaming for free on the Roku Channel, which can be watched by anyone, even without an account. However, in international markets, Anna is streaming on Starz, where it’s become one of the top 10 most popular movies in several countries. It’s also a VOD hit on Apple TV as one of the platform’s biggest purchases.
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What Is Cillian Murphy Working on Right Now?
Cillian Murphy is in the middle of filming his new prison drama right now, which will be directed by Damien Chazelle. The first look at images of Murphy on set surfaced online last week. It will also star Daniel Craig. Murphy has also been tapped to reprise his role as Emmett in A Quiet Place Part III, which will be released in theaters everywhere next summer. Director John Krasinski recently shared the first-look photo from behind the scenes of the film, which is now in production ahead of its July 30, 2027, premiere date.
Check out Anna on Prime Video or the Roku Channel in America, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Murphy’s future projects.
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June 21, 2019
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118 Minutes
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Luc Besson
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Luc Besson
Of the many actors to find success in this decade, the world seems most pleased about the recent triumph of Brendan Fraser. Lovingly dubbed the “Brennaissance” by his millions of fans, Fraser finally reached the summit of his emotional return to Hollywood in 2023, when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, in his first nomination no less, for his starring turn in The Whale. Not one to rest on his laurels, Fraser has since turned in several great performances, including an underrated tearjerker in Rental Family.
Now, he is capping this incredible few years off with a return to the franchise that proved a breakthrough for him as a blockbuster leading star. Returning alongside Rachel Weisz and John Hannah, Fraser will star in a new installment in the cult classic The Mummy franchise. Directed by Radio Silence duo Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, the pair behind 2024’s Abigail, the film is scheduled for a May 19, 2028, release date. It will serve as a sequel to 2001’s The Mummy Returns, and will ignore 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
With excitement running high as fans guess what another Mummy movie might involve, it seems many are returning to the film that started it all to get them in the mood. At the time of writing, 1999’s The Mummy is one of the most-watched movies on Hulu in the U.S. Directed by Stephen Sommers, this fast-paced fantasy adventure drew a mixed response from critics at the time, illustrated by a middling 63% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus on the site reading, “It’s difficult to make a persuasive argument for The Mummy as any kind of meaningful cinematic achievement, but it’s undeniably fun to watch.”
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Was ‘The Mummy’ a Box Office Hit?
Against a reported budget of $80 million, The Mummy defied a mixed critical reception with a huge global haul of $418 million. Split between $157 million in domestic revenue and a further $261 million from overseas markets, the film recently added to its total in 2024, when it returned to theaters for its 25th anniversary. A synopsis reads:
“The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.”
The Mummy is streaming on Hulu. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming news.
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May 7, 1999
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124 minutes
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James Jacks, Sean Daniel
From star-studded moments in Beverly Hills celebrating a captivating new fragrance from Christian Dior Parfums — crafted by Dior perfume creation director Francis Kurkdjian — to a hydrating, skin-smoothing formula from Marini SkinSolutions, this Hot Stuff roundup covers all the bases. Think: buzzy beauty events, noteworthy clothing store openings and standout launches that deserve a spot in your spring routine.
On the social scene, Joe’s Jeans — alongside creative director and celebrity stylist Dani Michelle — toasted the opening of its flagship store in Beverly Hills. The celebration drew a stylish crowd, including Stassi Schroeder, Rocky Barnes and Dr. Deepika Chopra, among others.
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Some thrillers vanish so quietly that even an A-list lead can’t stop them from slipping through the cracks. That’s pretty much what happened with Night Hunter, the grim 2018 crime thriller led by Henry Cavill. It never became much of a mainstream talking point, but streaming has a habit of rescuing exactly this kind of movie. Now Paramount+ viewers are giving it the sort of attention it missed the first time around.
The film has been charting on Paramount+ and was recently highlighted as one of the platform’s stronger-performing movie titles. Its ranking has moved around, but the bigger point is that it’s clearly being rediscovered. That’s not too hard to understand. Dark serial-killer thrillers tend to do well at home, and Cavill’s name gives the movie a fresh hook for viewers scrolling past it now.
The cast includes Cavill as Marshall, Ben Kingsley as Cooper, and Alexandra Daddario as Rachel. It’s a nasty, twisty movie with a much bleaker edge than some fans might expect from Cavill. But that’s also why it’s working as a sleeper hit. Paramount+ subscribers are clearly in the mood for something dark, and Night Hunter is benefiting from that.
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Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com stated that Night Hunter is the kind of thriller that thinks being darker automatically makes it deeper. The film throws viewers into a nasty story about a serial killer, broken cops, and vigilantes, but instead of feeling tense or smart, it mostly feels ugly and exhausting. It wants to explore moral gray areas, but its version of that is mostly just making everyone unpleasant.
“The most annoying thing about a movie that’s simultaneously as preachy and grim as Night Hunter isn’t that it’s ideologically repugnant, but that it’s also dramatically inert and actively unpleasant. I, myself, am a Stanley Tucci man (he is money in the bank, except maybe in the Hunger Games movies), but even I cringed when he, as the stereotypically overworked Commish, tries to take a swing at Simon (That guy killed a half dozen of my guys, and some had families!). Testing the limits of good taste in otherwise formulaic grimdark entertainment is one thing, but pushing against those boundaries for its own sake is just tiresome.”
Night Hunter is streaming now.
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August 29, 2019
- Runtime
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95 minutes
- Writers
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David Raymond
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Kevin Scott Frakes, Nadine de Barros, Larry Harding, Nasrat Muzayyin, Zorin Finkelsen, Francesca Dutton, James Lancaster, Mitesh Parikh, Niraj Parikh, Gaurav Talwar, Pulak Parikh, Rob Wood, Mark Catton, Rick Dugdale, Sundip K. Bhundia, Steven Ashley, Peter Aitken, James Milligan, Chris Pettit, Alastair Burlingham, Buddy Patrick, Robert Ogden Barnum, Dave Hansen, Tony Parker
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Lindsay Hubbard has taken a big step forward with her ex-fiancé Carl Radke amid all of the drama within the Summer House cast.
Lindsay, 39, and Carl, 41, teamed up for an Uber Eats campaign on Saturday, April 4, poking fun at the shocking fallout of Summer House costars Amanda Batula and West Wilson confirming that they are dating.
The clip plays into Amanda’s estranged husband Kyle Cooke telling a reporter this week that “Carl’s a mess” over the whole ordeal. The tongue-in-cheek ad sees Lindsay offering her former partner a tissue as he weeps over the big Summer House news.
“Is this [tissue] soft enough for you?” Lindsay asks while taking Carl’s hand.
The ad is full of Summer House Easter eggs, including a cameo appearance from Carl’s beloved zebra, Wesley Stripes.
“Can confirm, Carl is A MESS,” Lindsay joked in the caption.
As Summer House fans flooded her comment section, Lindsay revealed, “I unblocked him for this.”
The unblocking is a big step forward for the former couple since Carl confirmed to Us Weekly way back in February 2025 that Lindsay blocked him on all social media shortly after their split. (Carl announced he’d called off his wedding to Lindsay in September 2023.)
Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard in January 2026. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
“I’m blocked on social media, so I’ve kind of taken that as understood,” Carl revealed at the time. “[I’ve been] blocked since the breakup.”
Meanwhile, Amanda and West stunned the Bravoverse on Tuesday, March 31, by revealing that they are dating despite both repeatedly denying any romantic chemistry. (Amanda and estranged husband Kyle split in January after four years of marriage.)
Amanda Batula appeared to be adhering to “girl code” after Ciara Miller split from West Wilson — just months before Amanda confirmed she was dating West. Amanda, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly in January that she didn’t think West, 31, was “marriage material” — at least not for Ciara, 30. When asked whether West or […]
“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,” Amanda and West wrote in a joint statement. “It was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.”
They went on, “We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected. Our connection grew out of a genuine, longstanding friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”
“As our feelings evolved, we wanted to take time to understand exactly what we were feeling,” they added. “We also recognize that this has had an impact beyond just us and never wanted our actions to cause any hurt or be perceived as careless. We truly appreciate the understanding and respect as we navigate this.”
The news sent shockwaves through the Bravoverse — with Summer House cast members past and present, Andy Cohen and other Bravolebrities all weighing in.
While West’s former love interest Ciara Miller has yet to comment on the controversy, Kyle assured fans he was “good” during an interview on Wednesday, April 1.
“I appreciate people checking in. I’m actually really worried about Amanda, if I’m being honest,” he said. “I talked to [Amanda] last night, and I understand people have all sorts of opinions, and I’m not justifying any behavior, but, like, from what I’m seeing, she’s getting cyberbullied.”
He went on, “I just feel bad. Amanda knows that what she did was wrong, and she’s trying to come to terms with it, but she is not [doing] well.”
Tiger Woods’ private jet was seen landing in Switzerland on Friday, April 3, amid his DUI arrest and recent request for overseas treatment.
According to a report from USA Today, it was unclear if Woods himself was on the jet.
On Wednesday April 1, Woods’ request to travel outside of the United States for alleged treatment was approved by a judge.
In the request, Woods’ lawyer, Douglas Duncan, argued that the pro golfer has an “urgent need for a level of care that cannot safely or effectively be done within the United States,” according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday.
“Ongoing medical scrutiny and public exposure create significant barriers to his care and would result in setbacks and an inability to fully engage in treatment,” Duncan further claimed.
Woods, 50, was arrested on March 27 in Florida after he was involved in a rollover car accident. The golfer was subsequently charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit a lawful test.
Woods refused a urinalysis test when authorities arrived at the scene, according to authorities, but did submit to a breathalyzer test. The test resulted in triple zeros, suggesting Woods was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Authorities allege Woods was under the influence of drugs, not alcohol.
PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 22: Tiger Woods looks on from the 18th green during the final round of The Genesis Invitational 2026 at Riviera Country Club on February 22, 2026 in Pacific Palisades, California. Mike Mulholland/Getty Images
An arrest affidavit obtained by Us Weekly revealed that Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket and that he appeared “lethargic and slow,” with eyes that were “bloodshot and glassy” and “extremely dilated” pupils.
The golfer pleaded “not guilty” on March 31, the same day he announced he would be seeking treatment — though he did not specify what type of treatment.
“I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today,” Woods said in a March 31 statement posted via X. “I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery.”
He continued, “I’ve committed to taking the time needed to return in a healthier, stronger, and more focused place, both personally and professionally. I appreciate your understanding and support, and ask for privacy for my family, loved ones and myself at this time.”
On Thursday, April 2, Us obtained the bodycam footage from Woods’ arrest. The footage shows a police officer asking Woods if he has had any alcohol and what medications he had taken, before taking him through several tests.
Woods seemingly did not pass the tests to the officer’s liking.
The officer handcuffed Woods, saying, “At this time, I do believe your normal faculties are impaired and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time, you are under arrest for DUI.”
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